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Giroud, leading the line alone, laboured in attack on a difficult night in Istanbul as he found himself unable to effectively link up with his team-matesTolga Bozoglu/EPA

Tony CascarinoCommentary

Last updated at 12:01AM, August 20 2014

Olivier Giroud is 6ft 4in. He is a physical specimen with many of the attributes that any manager would love to have in a centre forward, but he needs to find his inner monster.

With his stature, he should be the type of player that defenders hate playing against. He had a decent season overall last term, and in particular in the first half of the season when he was probably Arsenal’s best player. His goal record is good, he’s almost a one in two striker.

But there’s something about him that makes me believe he’s never going to become